BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
Humanists UK has reacted to news that the Government is proposing to allow new state schools to discriminate in 100% of their places, condemning the move and calling instead for an end to all discrimination in the state school system. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: ‘The proposal to allow 100% religious discrimination in… Read more »
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Tony Blair is set to appoint a Tory to head the government’s communications department. Howell James, a former aide to Tory leader John Major and Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, has accepted the £120,000-a-year the job of permanent secretary in charge of communications. The government’s apparent U-turn on “spin culture” follows the resignation of Alastair… Read more »
Israel defence forces yesterday afternoon arrested a 14-year-old Palestinian boy at a West Bank checkpoint after relieving the youngster of explosives strapped to his chest. Israeli troops managed to talk Hussan Abdu into surrendering at Hawara checkpoint before his deadly 18-lb load could be unleashed. According to the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, the Palestinian boy was… Read more »
